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• A simple name without extension, if the script
is stored in the standard scripts subdirectory
with the standard file extension. If the script
name appears on the Scripts menu, you can use
the name from the menu.
The table below shows examples of Box Creation
Commands:
Command
FRAME 10 10 300
60 Molecular
Formula
DBOX 20 20 290
50 formula
TEXT 100 100 300
150 “A Label”
PICT 500 300 600
400 C:\LOGO.WMF
BUTTON 500 10
550 40 DEMO
Action
Box Manipulation
Commands
FORMEDIT ON|OFF
SELECT box
UNSELECT box
DELBOX box
SETFIELD box fieldname
SETTEXT box text
ACTIVATE subform
DEACTIVATE
SCALE
SCALE_TO_FIT
create frame with label
at upper left
create data box for
formula in above frame
create a static text
string
put specified picture at
lower right
create button at upper
right to run script
DEMO.CFS
To work with a box or subform on the form, you
specify a keyword followed by a box identifier. A
box is identified in one of two ways:
• By point—Give the coordinates of a point
anywhere within the box. When coordinates
fall in more than one box, the most recently
created box is used.
• By text—The text you enter to identify a box
may be:
• The field name, if the box contains data
from a database.
• The text label, if the box contains static text,
such as frames or text labels.
• The box name assigned in Box Properties.
• For subform boxes, the table name.
In all cases, you need not spell out the entire
name, just enough to be unique.
Often, more than one box matches the text you
enter, for example a box displaying field
“molweight” within a frame labelled
“MolWeight.” In this case, preference is given
to the box connected to the database.
FORMEDIT controls the behavior of the SELECT
command. With FORMEDIT ON, SELECT affects
boxes. With FORMEDIT OFF, SELECT affects the
contents of those boxes.
SELECT and UNSELECT choose boxes to be
modified by editing operations. DELBOX is a
shortcut for FORMEDIT ON, followed by SELECT,
followed by Edit Clear. SETFIELD connects a
database field to an existing box; for a button, it
attaches a script name (see above regarding script
names). SETTEXT attaches a text string to a box or
replaces the one currently attached; see box
creation commands (above) for a list of what the
text strings mean for various box types.
ACTIVATE and DEACTIVATE are the same as
SELECT and UNSELECT, but work on subforms.
Following an ACTIVATE command, all subsequent
commands apply to the active subform and any
Appendices
ChemOffice 2005/Appendix CAL Commands • 693
Box Manipulation Commands